Not too much going on for this Mothers Day weekend, but a small crew did accomplish a few things.  In order to continue with repairs to our Whiting 2TMA Trackmobile, it had to be moved over the pit.  A 2hr job with jacks and blocking to get the road wheels down. The unit is not operating, so the hydraulic cylindars are disconnected from the rest of the unit.  The road wheels have to be moved manually. Once that was done, the tractor was used to pull it off the track.  Next step was to line it up for movement back to the track. But first, the Plymouth MDT40t diesel had to be moved forward, again, the tractor comes in very handy. Once the Plymouth was moved, the 2TMA was pushed into position behind the diesel, and process reversed to lift the road wheels and set it back onto the rails. Once back on rails, it was an easy push the 20ft to the pit, where it now resides in front of our steam engine #46. The last step was to move the Plymouth back 10ft to allow us to use the roll up door on that track.  Other work was just continued cleaning of the shop to get ready for the open house in 2 weeks.

TheTrackmobile on its own wheels for the first time in many years.  The tires are in rough shape, but everything is holding air (Left). In its new position behind the Plymouth, being lowered onto the rails (centre). and on the track over the inspection pit in front of HEPC 46. Ready for the installation of the rebuilt gearbox (right).